Hook-and-eye-card holder.



No. 862,195. PATENTED AUG. 6,'190'7.

C. B. PATTERSON. HOOK AND EYE CARD HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3.71906.

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UNITED STATES,A

PATENT OFFICE.

HOOK-AND-EYE-CARD HOLDER.

Speeication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed November 3, 1906. Serial No. 341,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARA B. PA'T'rnRsoN, residing at Fifteenth and Walnut streets, in the city of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State of Penn- Sylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in I'Iook-and-Eye-Card Holders, whereof the ,following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a holder capable of maintaining in proper position hooks and eyes and the card to which they are to be sewed, by means of which the assemblage of the parts is maintained during the sewing operation.

Although not limited thereto, my invention is especially applicable to the carding of what are known as flat spring hooks and eyes and in the drawings I have illustrated my invention as thus applied.

According to my invention, the hooks are preferably carded in two lines, with the bills `:facing each other, with a line of what are known as invisible eyes between. The hooks are sewed to the card by stitches passing through-the eyelets of the hooks, while the eyes are attached by stitches surrounding the bodies of the eyes.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure I, is a plan view of my holder some hooks and eyes being shown in situ. Fig. II, is a longitudinal section along the line II, II, in Fig. I. Fig. III, is a similar section along the line III, III, of Fig. I. Fig. IV, is a cross section along the line IV, IV, and, Figs. V, and VI, are partial sections along the line similarly indicated upon Fig. I.

The embodiment of my invention which` I have illustrated in the drawings, comprises a base plate I, preferably of metal or hard rubber, with a cover plate 2, hinged to the lower side thereof by the lhinges 3. 3. The card 4, to which the hooks and eyes are to be sewed, is received between the base plate and the cover plate. Its accurate adjustment between them is facilitated by the angular insets 5, 5, formed on the lower side of the base plate. A suitable retaining latch 6, holds the cover plate to the base plate after the card has been inserted. Both plates are provided with hook slots S, 8, in parallel relation to each other, the slots of the base plate corresponding to those of the cover plate. Along the outer side of both of the hook slots 8, are cut a series of offsets 9, of a shape suitable for receiving thebills of the hooks, and beneath these osets are formed a series of recesses l0, for receiving the plates of the hooks. These recesses conform to the shape of the plate as shown, so that when a hook has been inserted in the recess, its bill will project up through the offset, and the edge of its plate containing the eyelets will project over the slot, so as to permit the line of stitches to be made through the slot when the hooks are sewed to the card. Preferably the hooks are set witlrthe bills of those in one line facing the bills of those in the other line. In this way the distance between the lines of stitches is decreased. Between the two slots is similarly -formed an eye slot I2, both in the base plate and in the cover plate. On each side of this eye slot are formed recesses I3, in the base plate. These recesses receive the eyeleted extremities of the eyes, the body portions of the eyes thus passing across the eye slot with complete exposure for the purpose of properly stitching them thereto, which may be done either with one or preferably two lines of stitches sewed along the length of the eye slot. The recesses I3, hold the eyes firmly in place during this process, and owing to the enlarged character of the eyeleted ends of the eyes, one or more lines of stitches pass around their bodies and suffice to hold them firmly fixed to the card.

Several advantageous results are obtained from the method of carding the hooks and eyesl accomplished by the use of my holder. The hooks and eyes are separately stitched, and therefore any one may be removed without loosening any of the others. The eyes being stitched around the body cannot swing in place, and become bent or dislodged as frequently occurs with other methods of stitching. The hooks and eyes are held very firmly in place during the operation, so that there is no opportunity for their getting out of place and breaking the stitching needle by reason of their failure to properly correspond to its motions.

It will of course be understood that a card holder of this character is adapted to be used with a special sewing machine by means of which the requisite number of lines of stitches are simultaneously made as the plate travels through the machine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A hook and eye card holder comprising' a base plate and a cover plate movably secured thereto, with an eye slot in both plates, recesses on both sides of said slot for the reception of the eyeleted portions of the eyes, said eye slot being sufficiently wide to enable the bodies of the oyes to be firmly held in exposed position at regular intervals across the same.

2. A hook and eye card holder, comprising a base plate and a cover plate adjustably secured thereto, with three parallel slots therein. of which the central slot is recessed along both edges for the reception of the ends of the eyes, while the other two slots have recesses along one edge of each for the reception ofthe plates of the hooks.

A hook and eye card holder, comprising a base plate and a cover plate adjustably secured thereto, with three parallel slots therein. of which the central slot isrecessed along both edges for the reception of the ends of the eyes, while the other two slots have recesses along one edge of' cach for the reception of' the plates of the hooks, with offsets for the reception of' the bills of the hooks.

el. A hook and eye card holder comprlsing a base plate, and a cover plate` provided with three parallel slots, the central slot being; provided with means for holding invisi ble eyes with their bodies in exposed position across said slot during the sewing operation, and the other slots being provided with means for holding flat spring hooks during the sewing operation.

5. A hook and eye card holder provided with a slot with means for holding invisible eyes with their bodies exposed transversely to the slot in position to be attached to the 1() card by stitches around said bodies. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this first day of November, 1906.

CLARA B. PATTERSON.

Witnesses z JAMES H. BELL, E. L. FULLnwroN. 

